ROSARIUM BEATAE BENEDICTAQUE & ALMAE VIRGINIS DEI GENETRICIS MARIAE: JUXTA SANCTUM EVANGELIUM SACRAMQUE SCRIPTURAM Triplici lingua Latina, Italica & Hispanica
PlacePub
Rome
Publisher
Vincentius Accoltus
Date
1584
Illustrations
Large woodcut to Titlepage and full page copperplate illustration to verso + 64 Additional woodcuts from quarter to half page incl.2 that are repeated.
Description
Octavo contemporary limp vellum with old ink title to spine (lacking ties) Titlepage +(3-16pp)+ 17-144pp Ownership to foot of TP (St.Pauli, Via Columna, Rome) Tide-mark of old dampstain obtrusive on c.six leaves, nearly clear on most others. FEP with clean tear paper strong and flexible. A lovely early and rare Rosary of verses in three lanquages Spanish, Latin and Italian, surrounded by shoulder and side notes in Latin to the Virgin with a Latin life of Christ in prose on the facing page. Dedicated to Pope Gregory XIII with an illustration of the dedication by the author to the Pope on the verso of the titlepage. Extremely rare although the publisher is listed with some 30 books to his name all between 1570's and 1590's this title is not among them nor any other work by this author. Not in BL, not in Vatican, not in Adams, cannot locate anywhere in the USA. Information would be gratefully received.
Booknumber
V68670
Price
Price: GBP 580.00 or USD 858.00
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